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VOLUME 32.
4104(*i5t: . :....r - ;glt*ti.c.i : . 4t
Is PsiLtissu ViiS t iWlLTStlsszaT StOmuta..
itonilvde; S'usquohanna County, .Pa.
Oirrait-,—WestSlas of rutillo Avenue.
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Contains ail tb a L onalandGen eralblea e, Poet ry.Sto
es, Anecdotes, Miscellaneous Reading,Correspood
rice, and a reliable class of advertisements '
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Advertising ItOt_ett: - -
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One aqtinre,(l‘ of an inch epace,)llereaka,tir lees, $
1 tnonth, $1,23; 3 months , $4.5.4; ; #3 utooth r , $4,50 ; 1
ear, $6.30. A liberal fitocantit turvertlattnente of 6
greater length. BuainCas Locils,lo eta. line for fart
.ineertton. and 5 eta. a. line each anbeequelit intiertion.-
ILarciages and deathe. free :obtteacltse,lo et si; a line.
pisrm =atom
SPECiAtiY;i
Low ,Prial:l' etifek Work. 2)3/ D.
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B Irktf.r;w4', •C. Clit'SEß.
ttusiness ,Cards.
ORBETTBVIL - LE HOTEL. Tats
'Rotel is Artily situated on the River Road.
3cadiitgstrom Ilinghatuton to Montroie to Conklin
Station- on the .D. -& W. It. It Partici; , stop
ping, la thli elation, will stud it co)nreutent to call on
me, as / itaseynolpre cooreni once.* to, carry parties to
any place they wish to reach, 11nm/been refitting my
house and barn. 'making. them more convenient la en
tertian the pnblic. •Thwkral •tor pail, 'patronage at
niy old Mewls. I shall he happy tyr greet them And
we public geniral/y yhon in;tdn TZlcinity.
Protyrisive
Corbett grille. Anaust ,
1)11, ELLEN E. MITCHELL; PHY'
and Sorgeon, graduate+ of the Woman's
Medical eollette of the Y. Y. Infirmary, •then resi
dent phyb +clan 11,r a •ftl r in. • the - WOMiqa 'tiotpital in
N. Y.: utter tont:Tear?' practice in. Pon. dn Lat. Wlll
- lase located In Montrose-4140dd attention
gircal tedtrelf et. of_ women and. Children. °lnce at
the foot of Main Street. in the old , David Post home
stead.
Moatrore, Dec.. 15, 1973.-11moz/50
D. 13ALDWIN, , Z. •t),, 11014 C
E• native Physician,. hue located himself at ?ant
i; oar. where he will attend promptly to all proteesion
al .bustom , s entrueteri to hie mire. !rti — Otlice in Car
=idea building. t.ceond floor, front.: lord at. Mr..%
Montrpac,Pa., March 10,1375.
Bit W W. SMITH,
bENTIST,L=
Rooms at Ms dwelling, nu xt. door north. of Dr.
II *lacy's, on Old rottudry ntreet, where he would be
happy to vet, all thoec in want of Dental no orli. lit •
too le confident that he CUDple %at both In qua Iltyof
work and in price. Office bourn fionifia, s.to 4 r.
o'ntrost..lee.b.ll, Isl4,—tf
- VALY. LE HOUSE, GREAT BEND,
re. Satiated aka the Eriu EaSalty Detiot.—
Its a large matt orumoqieus hhotte. ;Alas an dergone a
thurough:lr. •Newly ratOtanod rooms and sleep
legipartmett ts,splee tub! ee.and all thlugs cam pris-
Inas. At et theist betel. USSR'S: At;ioißT,
peu1.10143 - 41073..-tr. Prot) rietor.
r.:1 1 1:1E PEWLE'S I.IAIZKET,
•A• Ulf 'terealt and balled bleats,
Hama, ,t , ,tot, I%foot' sau.age.etc., of the beat qual
itY..,Ounstantly 'co Lana. at pricer, to tuft. . •
/4olttroae, im,7414u..14, 1873.-tv
ILLIN GS STROUD; FIRE AND
Ltte Ituitirattee' .811 bnainega attended to
prOMpt/yOILI lair terrdif'.,..trflice drat dour east'ul tate
bank of Wm. U. Voopar it-Vu.,?ablifAventleadont
r°ee, • ; • : ' • [814.1,1849.)
ST
Sty 17, 1572.' tstir.trius liTuotta.
ED TURRELL'
3trS9 CLLO 'A.TLaW.,
No. 1W ,prottlway, Zilow York City.
Xsy 12. 'Z.-4Feb 11.1874.-19)
jrrLEs AND' BLAKESLEE, AT
-a-4 lorroysat. Law.liontroat,:ft.,, thrice opposite
the Varbeli Ronne.
montrore,Oct.
8.. DEANS, DEALER IN .
W• !looks, tqutlonery, I Wall Paper, Neirepa
pers, Pocket. ' Cutlery, Stereonboyle Vlewc, . Yankee
Notions, etc.. Next duor to the:Pont Bilge, Montrone,
?4,41. B. B.tiokii B.
Sapt..lo, 1814.
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P.XiCILA.NGE •11.01`.E I L. J. 11A1{,-
-A-41L - ringtait wit heß to Inform, thopnblic that having
rented the Exchange /tote) Ilentruee, he ,e now
prepared to accommodate the traveling pnblic in
tiontroie, And. ?Id, 187%
BURRITT; • DEALER IN STA
pI. and Fancy Dry tioodS, Crockery; Bard
wale. Iron. Stoves.
.Drugs. Oils, and Paints; Boots
413Crtihtleo, Fate And ealir. Fur,; Buffalo Robes, Oro.
corlca,Proviaions, ac. .v
Now Ithltord.i a., Nov 6, '72--tl.`. •
OHN 'GROVES, FASHIONABLE
Tatter, liontrepe, Pa. Shop over Chandler's
b tore. A:tordere tilled In ern-class ety)e., a:nttin g
done to order on Al.ort notlce 7 and warranted to lit.,
' 31ontrone, Anne 30,';3. - ,;
DR. A. LATLLROP,
tars Eleetro Thermal baths, at tile .1 44 00 t of
Chestnut street.. Call and consult au all Chronic
fiiseasus. • • •
Montrose. Jan.17.`72.--mo3-41.• • .
LEWIS 'KNOLL, SRAYING, AND
. hair itreneing. Shoe over the Yost office • build-,
Jew., where. be win -..e tonna • Feady tosttend all who
way went anything in Moline. ; .
Montrone. ra. Oct. .14 . .
Cii
iiiiLFS , N. S'l:ol)l)iliD,,' D .r: L
er in Soot* and Sboaa,ltutenud Caps, Leather
anti Fiadlnge, Mato 'Street. ha duor below. Boyd's
Store. , Work. made to order** and repairing' done
Ileatly. -•.' • - Ai oi.trote r 4 an.1,.18111.
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1 IR., W . .. L. ineIIAIOSOIST, . P.12;31'-
'Chill and Surgeon. tentlere 111 r.profeestional au r
yicey.l6 tbe (AO zee e of atoutroae and yiefult.Y.' ( )Rice
at his Vtioiderce, on the corner east of the Foun
dry. .. ' i ' . fittig..l. Is6ll.
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SCOVILL: AND . DEW ITT, . ATTOR- .
oeyo ut Litw'noteSolicitorkt'inliatikruptcy: Office
41n. du Court Street, over City , 2%atioual Bunk, Biog.
41$ wick ,N. ' W;t. BcoviLL, •
• Joao Itith,ti73. 4 asiroxs Dzwirr.
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AGLE ..DllllO STORE, IS THE
place to get Druga a nd'ldeactnee, tligara, To.
bacco, Pipec.Pocket-Booka, Speetalea, Yankee No. :
tiona,,,tc. Brick Illock ' A . ..II.ISURNd.
sioutruie, Pa., /liar filt, 181$4
F. FITCI.I.. A'CS['QRIEY AN . .I)
COuncollor-ot-law Montrose. Pa. °Moe no
heretolope..lollow ate.l west of the Court House.
VOtontrooo;Jontotry it3iti.—.ly.
LYON, StUCESSOIt TO
4-F-IL I Abel Turwll, dcaier4n Drugs. Medicines,
,tlikeniicals. Paints, Wis.,. t: tuffs.. Teas, Spices,
Nutley Goods, Jewelry,
Montrose; May 19, - • •
• A •0, :WARREN, ArrToltNEY,. AT
• idivr, BounktY. tract 1 xy. Yensoon and Itx
, eta ....oil ,Claitno offended to. inlet. fir, oor
— below BOltd'a StOre,Montroo.l4t. i1trg.1.4L9.3 •
A. CROSSMO'N, ATTOENEY
. V. Law, Office Alt Met Court fleece, le the
Comnalpsioner . * Office. 1 W. (Mousing.'
Alotareee,,Seet. 'lo,lo7l.—tt,
TILSOM „T. - TURIIIIL
lsylo g andu l. , ITEVEYCIR
porleuto businese
;:_ . 110.11 contintle to attend ca P
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VAT ,W. 81.11"11., CABINET Agl)
Chair M.doufaczurarti. irue I liainstrret.
3ivattW r , Pl 4. . I Exam. 1. 2804 - •
T-1 n'ARLE,. • ATTORNEY AT.
- office •ov et the 6tore'Ot Driessaer;
heltriek BtOOtt4toutrose' 'Aug- 4, '60.7
1 - 1 4 O'NEILL, AtrORNEY, AT
Lew. Andee _over J4lll
Olootiour,Xs. tAltue . '
B; A A. 10001.S.AIM,
T., • ion:moist/am Vfilee afar W.ll. Cooper it
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E. B. LiTTLE,
GIM. P.LITTLE,
E. L. ELAKIRSIXE.
County !It'aineeti pirnotory.
Twothine in this Dieeetory.one year $1.69; eachad
• ditional line, 60 cents. ; ;
MONTROSE '
ononwocrT, Slater, Wholesale and /total
dealer in all kinds of , slate roofing, shire paint, etc.
"Roofs repaired with slate paint to order. Also. slits
paintfor sale by the gallon or barrel. - -Montrosc.Pa.,
SlLUNGS'svuourr. 'Genera- Fire; 'and Life (die
-mace Agents: aleo,eellßailroanandAteldentTickct
to New York and Philadelphia. Odic° onedoo reset
ofthellatik. •
BOYD k CORWIN, Dealers In Stoves, HardWarc
and Manufacturers of Tin and Sheettion Ware,cornef .
of Maitland Turnpikestreet.
'A ". N. ISULLAttO, Dealer in tirocerles, Provisions
Booksoltatione; and Yankee Kotions„ at head of
Public. Avenue.* - =-
WM. COOPER a CO.. Bankers, nail PoreignPart
sage Tickets and Drafts on England, irelr land Scot.
land .1* • ' •
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WM, L. 00X, Harness maker a n d d ealer all attic*
usually kept by the trade, opposite the ek. S•
JAMES E. CARISALT, -Attorney at: °Mee one
des:whalers Tarbep Mouse. Publicity= • * - • ;
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NEWBEILFORMr.L.,.
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SAYINGS BAN, NEW .M.ILFORD": I -'1" - .": - per cent.
latest on all Deposits. Does a genes flanking Bus
ness. • !ull-t f. S. B. CRASS a CO.
11. GARRET SON. Dealers in MOM P'eed. Mee
Salt, Lime, Cement, Groceries and Prev'smstr o
Main Street, opposite the Depot.
N. P. littillEß. Carnage Maker and Undertaker" on
Main Street, two doors below linwleyonStore.
GREAT BEND. ".
R. P. DORAN, MerchantTallor and dealer in Reads,
Made Clothing, Dry Goods,Grocerlesand Provisions
• Main Street.*
Banking, kc.
- 13ANK&G HO'CrE
pp
11 1 11. a ll,. COOPER Ca,9
31•1CON'ITt.OSP4,
GENERAL I3ANKMG BUSINESS DONE
COLLECTIONS-UADE , ON :ALL
POINTS AND PROIIPT.IXACOOLTN;
TED , FOR AS HEIIETOPORE.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOR
IS AL. la, 211.
UNITED STATES & ;OTHER BONDS
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
COUPONS AND &Er AND COUNTY.
BANK CHECKS CASHW AS USUAL
OCEAN STEAMER PASSAGE TICK
ETS TO AND FROM EUROPE,
INTEREST ALLOWED ON SPECIAL
azimut= man.w.c,:sxmess,
AS PEW AGREEMENT WHEN THE
DEPOSIT IS 3IADE.
In the future, as in the pot, we shall endeav
or to•trxnsact, all money bosingss to the satis
faction of our patrons and correspondents.
VII: H. cooPER i&
Montrose, Itlarch 10 'Z.—if. • Bankers.
- Authorized - CEipital, - ssoomo
Present Capital, - - 100,000 00.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
MONTROSE, PA,<
WILLIAM J.• TV,RRELL.' ;Presidia
D. D. SEAR"! E, • rice -President.
N. L - Ca,shier:
Directors.
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WM. J. Till ELL, D. 'D. SEARLE;
G. 13. .ELD• I kED, •M. S. DESSAU - ER,
ABEL TUIIRELL; G. V. BENTLEY,
A; J. GERJUTSON, 1 . Montiose, Pa.
E. A. CLARE, -Binghamton, N. Y.
E. A—PRATT„ Nev Milford, Pa.
M. B. W RIGHT; Susquehanna Depot; Pa..
L. S. LENHEIM, - . -(4-resit Bend, Pa.
• . DRAFTS SOLI) ON EUROPE.
COLLECTIONS v.tAnE ON ALL POINT&
SPECIAL DEPOSITS SOLICITED.
Moittrose, March 3, 1875.-41
SCRANTON SAYINGS I BANK,
120 Wyoming Avue,
RECEIVES MONEY ON DEPOSIT
FROM COMPANIES AND INDIVID
UALS, AND RETURNS THE SAME
ON DEMAND WITHOUT 4 PREVI.
OUS • NOTICE, ALLO W G IN'TE R.
EST AT SIX PER CENT. PER AN
NUM; .PAYABI.E HALF YEARLY,
ON THE FIRST DAYS OF JAN C
ARY.AND JULY. A SAFE AND RE-'
LIABLE PLACE OF DEPOSIT FOR
LABORING MEN, MINERS, M&,
(MANIC*, AND MACHINISTS,-AND
FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. AS
WELL. MONEY DEPOSITED ON
OR BEFORE - THE TENTH .. WILL
DRAW INTEREST FROM THE
FIRST DAY OF THEISIONTIL THIS
IS 1N :ALL RESPECTS A HOME IN
STITUTION, AND ONE , WHICH IS
NOW • RECEIVING THE 'SAVED
EARNINGS OF THOUS.asi DS U,PON
THOUSANDS OF SCRANTONIIIN
,ERS, AND MECHANICS. • :?, •.,
DIRECTORS .. ; JAMES
SANFORD GRANT; GEORGE - FISH.
ER,,JAS. S. SLOCUM, J. H. SUTPHIN„ -
MATTH,EWS; DANIEL HOW.
ELL, A. E. HUNT; - T. k.; - HUNT
JAMES BLAIRPRESIDENT ; O. C.
MOORE, CASHIER. 1
"OPEN DAILY FROM
UNTIL FOUR AND ON WED
NIi:SDA.Y AND. SATUItDAY
NINGS UNTIL =GILT OT I LOC.
Feb;l2 1874..-
W ho is the poor =Area frieud—Cheap
ZeitlloW -a BROTHER ,'.
emend IhideMdwri
DEALERS IN ALL. KINDS OF. CoF
FINS,'‘'ASEETS,
ornxa.".T.
ALL ORDICRB PROMPTLY ArnillllllD TO
April 23,1873 - , - 4. Rzemtow a Bs*
airigha :15.arble ' IStorki
All • kinds of Monuments. Ileadstonss:sizl Marble
Mantles, made 10 order. Also. ticotch Gssplt.So. sku
lout. ' &CO. :.
a. nossauso. ' 'Court, ti!seet;
sc. a. T
04..011..1514. • , :.„ - : I
MONTROSE, SUSQ'A. COITNITIPA. I WEDNESDAY/ DECE i BER 29. 1875.
fitted rottrg,
OLD SANTA CLAUS.
Old Banta Claus sat alone in his den s ..
With his leg crossed over his knee
Whiliacomlead look peeped out 5t.111.1 eyes;
For a ilutny old fellow was ho',-
nii queer Buie - cap was tumbled 'and fora,
411 - 1 his wig it was all : awry
'But he sat and tainsed the whplo day long,
Wllilo the hows went flying t.ry. • --,
/ - ;lct had t;t3Opts busy as busy could be,
• 'ln filling is bag with tops, •
Be had gathred his tints and baked his, pies,
To give to the girls , and boys,
There were.dolls for tlie girls and whips \ for
1
W th wbeelbarrows„ tinnier, and drays,
And bureaus and trunks for dolly's new
: clothes, ' .
, 1
All thew is but pack he displays. ' .
Of =Airs, too, both twisted and striped,
.? He had fundaheit a plentiful store,
While raisins and figs,and prunes and grapes
• Hung up'on a peg by the door,
",1; em. almost ready," quoth he, quoth be, ,
.
"And Christmas is almost here ;-. r
Bal. one thing morel. must write them a
. 'b00k,.,„;
And give to , each ene this year."
,
...,
, ' So he clapped leis specs on his puffy nose,
, .
And, ireizing asturrip-ot a pen,
-, Be wrote wore lines in one little hour
Than you could read In-ten
,
H i e them told the stOries all pretty and new,
And . wroteatieen all out in rhyme; ' • -
Then_ packed" them
,away hht tuos, o
, , toys
To distribute one at a time.
Atalthrlstmas eve, whktr all were In be - di
_Rikht dutvn the chimney he flew;
And ‘stretching the stocking leg at the top,
Ho clapped in a book tor you. •
ffielccitti ffitori
JEtStE FLINT'S FIRST OFFER.
1 A CiiiiiSTMAS STORY.
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i Roger Flint was a hard man—hard as
!steel.
"This is the wayit stands, Air. Beggs,"
he wail shying one, day to a man iu hie
'offieei"n poor Man is no roan at all, and
a rich one is a fool•if he spends , what he
has. My , motto is,_ get money. Get it
honestly, if , you can ; if not--get it
and_keep :L. .. ,
"And ye got it," cluavered kr. Beggs,
;with *meow twinkle in* his tratery eyes.
i"Ye go t it and, 'keep it, Mr. Flint. Oh,
you're a sharp f one—a reglar knife-edger
you are." - '
1 "Inlmy younger time I. bas seine wild ,
votiohscabout generositY. But I soon
got over that folly. I lost money ay it.
If people will be poor, let them go to the
almsbouse. If they are too proud to do
;that, let them starve . and get out of the
w ay.. !Charity! Humbug! Why should
I lie r;bbed .for the sake of a lazy set of
r.iiscal who are never satisfied r , ,
i; Mr.,Begga expressed his entire approv'
al or th ese Sentiments by a aeries of mar
lticulate croaks. ' ,
i I "NOw, there'd a. ,fellow," centinu
Flint, pointing to &shabby clerk, "wig
I took' out of a charity institution w i
a buy. 1 fed liiin,clothed -Win, and tau
/
him a Good business. But was he g tt
fut '? ' Not he! He complained of r
work, wind had vague ideas On the al
ject of pocket money. But. thave c sl
Id' all 'that nonsense, out of him.. 1 "
en't I Jacob r 1., • : +
, "Eli," said the shabby clerk, s rt
at, thelsound oLhiS harsh voice, , t
turning his bead, "Oh,•yes, he has ru.
t,d• me ! • Oh, certainly r His d•Piesi
manner and craven , face sullicii• i tly
Aestedlhis words. ' 1,
IA "Nriw,"' said Flint turning! tilde
Apon his friend, and ' nearly psett
him with the shock. "what did on 6
!here for, to•nig t ? ,Not to b • Such
Not yen. to are' up to - 8. , e g
;Simon Beggs; - see it in your . e.
haps I know what it is alread , But out
with it anyhow, ' ' -
‘,'--.."'What a ktiowin? 'tin you •!"
, -.,..„. ,
,ed peggs; rubbing his lea. ham
g,ether. '','What an npa d•Zuvr ,
1 - ~ ---- • •
I : sticker ! -,,,,
.. ~:
Beggs Shifte d ,-uneasily hh;
and ceeming very ti.comfo able. '
daughter is a , very fine • ,
.1, an tincom
,nion line gal. She might alkirre.,a good
.husband , , one as would be •ery ovin and
,kind to beii.o."
'•Like yourself for ins rice," returned,
Mr; Flint with' an 'ireni smile.• "Well.
go on." • • ,
',', •"Suppose, for argey 1
. o want her for myl,wif ,
would you feel. dispos
continued.
Thesmile left Mr. Flint's face, and a
grim frown succeede it. •
T - , Not \ one cent, ii - !— not one cent. I"
he answered sharid "Take her as she
is, or let her alone. Inn in no = hurry to
Part with her. bliejearna her own living
and mor e, and is - a ood datighter to me
bee;des. ' t • f
1 Mr. Beggs Arm* into; his shrunken
Self at, '
the other's /vehemence; rubbed his
head feebly and groaned.- Then if such
*dingy oldscarerow could be. said tdo
so, he brighten - up and croaked : ' i
Oh,
she earns her d living does she ?A nd
morel Not, as
ell
t would expect her do
flint after we teas - married. Oh, no I
And more ! ' See here, mr. Flint, I'll
take Ler if sh '8 willin'."
i Mr. 'Ftint',o ' e expressed considerable
Satisfaction he answered , : ~
"She will ~be • willing. - She; will do
whatever I think is , beat for her. Jacob,
go pll ess." ie , ' • - -
[,:The le'rk; who had been Tattling the
papers nto desk in a strange, nervous
,w41, 1 g0 hastily,off hat stool andleft the
idiom.,. 1 - ' -
~
;11.;rPrsentiy 0 ,returied with a pretty
lisild-qed young, girl, Who came and seat-
'tad herself silently at her father's side.—
if ever features of stone made- a miser-
Ole attempt to look kind, Roger Flint's
did And When be spoke there was
something like tenderness in his grating
VOice.. . . :. • 1 , . ' • ,
! - "Je4le. b ave you ,
eveethought 01 mar
ry' kg ?" he said, i ; . " .--- - .
i "I have, filther," she anssiered, with , a
*light blush' "the thought has been st 6
speedily. banished by a determination
never tti leave you, that it =id ••hardly
." - :
MEE=
be called ii , thonght,_ at till." -i, • :-- - "..- :
. ."11,, girl's. whim;
and - of ino weight -in
the paps I have formed lolr yoga benefit..
All yoUr life- I have , kept: before your
eyes the value of - money , and/ the Otter : ,
worthlessness of everything rise. without.;
'it; .Thorefoie, iu choosing allusband for
you;-.I - have:cast .aside: all-:ninnantic and
uiipraaticable considerationeg add secured.
for yoa-4fitioney I" , . 1... - - .•• --:
Toe wire face had groin as White as,
ileath s and Bat staring at him - with wide
npen,frightened eyes.,. 1.
her
. • ~.• .• ..:'
"Simon Beggs," contituted. , h fattier,
his .voiee growing quer - itud harsher tia'
keptoceOed, "is no veryjhaudsome Mani.
to look at,
,I: admit ; butiliti lit rich and.e.
driveling Old dotard, and the win* :
that marries.him can eilsily Control both ,
him and tiffs . mosey, .
" if. e will '
. • , 1
B. . .ed' id' hi ''-d
1
t P
'
eggs grion an uc 'led as if he whith-hatred old pan, supporte, y a
had listened- to the ntnst glowing, pan.e4 •young one, who wandered hither and
gyric possible. The girl made no reply, thither, on brotie thoroughfares and in
Once while he spoke, fhe turned her eyes narrow byways,.tiring with eager eyes
toward 'the clerk at his desk and , theo into the faces of 1' they met. But no
*as - motionless. e . 1 ' I trace of her th sought so eagerly was
,
"Come," said net' with.a pun at.; fdund. Night . ter-night they placed a
tempt at jocularityi"he has but half 4, ,
light in the o e •windoir, vaguely hop
dozen years in him ilt best, and then—la int6hat she ht see its glimmer, aud,
rich- young widow,ele Jessie ?" , ' 1- - , i feeling the lot ug it. expreesed, return to
"I would rather,flie, as my mother did theta. But eh came not.
—a thousand, thojisand times rather l'i , Avarice, in- roger Flint, had so . snap=
said Jessie, in a Idw, choked voice, -pun.{ Pedund inane his nobler feelings ' that
tiug both her treibling havids gently ca, 'when it was ' rn out pi him, at one fierce
his arm.. I -' • . te, clutch, it- let him weaker than a child to
"Nonsense !" iftorted her father harsh . bear his tr able.. Worn with fatigue,
ly, shaking her iff. "Once married, you' heartsick w h fruitless expectation, he
will laugh at thth folly, and thank me for broke duly! , ompletely, and took his bed
disregarding il• Now go up
. stairs and with now . ill to rise again. And Jacob
dry p e er eyee, t i) r
the matter is settled, 1 Sterling, re manly in his patient eore
tell yon." • 1 row than had ever been before sat by
She arose,d looked fixedly at hi:it a and teed' him. 1
been
'Moment T n, seeing the iron deter'; "Jacob., he did one afternoon, a few
- munition in is face, - she turned,' and weeks of r his daughter's disappearance,
with a low a left the room. When she "Jacob, dreamed last • night that our
was gone, th clerk, who had bee stand; poor gir: Mid come back to us, night-
I wits
inn near hisidesk, with clenched handi wedPinf itterly to think of all the wrong
and ilualie ' face, hastily resumed hiS and s ow I had, brought upon her
stool and /
orked away harder than ear ? young •Te. And I thought she put her
er. - , . I antis i out my neck and whispered e—
"Don't hem 'ticklarly 'tached to me,do 'AI! a earn, dear fettle' ; be comforted,
she ?" grolned Beggs. ' i for lit as all a dream'. Jacob," he said,
The infiatient reply. upon Mr. Flint'il audd ly interrupting himself, "I wish II
hp.; was piterrupted by the opening of cook ee her before I die." '. 1
the dill door and the entrance of a • j b made noanawer.
y th o e u n w g e4 l
r , muffled
a an b d rig f h u t rre i d it in ie ga er h e i a s , t,
. r ' 13 4 , , she ever returns to yore when ralrl I
take her in, shelter her tenderly
tore eh wail What eyes !--;-now, sharp
and tilt s a bird's, now soft and gentle
Ifro' the world, eep her from her own
lilt gilts. arid be a brother to her. God
as it if ossible for woman's eyes to bee-. kr wa she will need it ! Tell her that
What firm little figure, carried with an he father loved her,' in spite of hie inn ,
air of ignity that weans just nothing at 0 f folly. Tell her that he never Wattled'
all ! iWhat. curls I What, li p , ! G ne , h , but himself. and that his only wish
CIOIIK - , , • sithat he might see her, to ask her
" ow do you do, Mr. Jacobs l" she
addresaing the clerk first .of all, and
Mon, before he dif d. Will you tell her d
sal
answered" .j
acob,in a low, voice:
sai
the bused to Mr. Find. "And this is
yo friend ?" she contin ue d, l oo ki ng hen, arising and going: into the.,office,,
m M
e fight into r. 13eggs' face, as he wrig. •. e s:it himself down at his old desk and
gl to his feet to he introduced. "I rested his bead on his arms, in gloomy
't-Ealy, that I anti h ar py tt e k n ow he m thoeght. He had been 'so but Si moment,
~'relation to the Crow -;family`?. No., svh - en the,door opened and Airs. Heyward
i eed ! , A ; very strong reser:ablaut:* the.' entered, and though? the day was dark,'
I , Jessie up ataire, Mr. Flint ? 1 will g a siiiibeam seemed to have entered, too.
p
f and see her, if you please." A - The Emile left her bps as she saw the
ith a laugh and shake of the curls, s .- haggard few
he turned toward her.
eVas out of --
the roomleaving Mr 2 ee s , •-e*What is it, Mr. e lacob ? ` Areyou not
!breathless and crest fallen. ' Well ' 0 "
_
' "I don't like Mrs. Heyward, if th 'a ' "Yes," he • answered; indifferently, "I
her name," he mattered, trying to rec v- am e t Or
er his composure. But she had so ',- r- "Ond Jessie ?" eheitiquired with a sin
tied and shaken him that presently .he gait. look. • f, '•. , l,
is b ambled off home. • ! ' . "She has left 'us," he cried, brokenly
1,/ When the door rattled behind hl the •,.tll l ,n't ask me more." • '
q clerk got down from !his .stool sir -are here were tears in the little woman's
i 1 proached his master with a bit a aper eSert. aud Set she was laughing, too.
tI in hislinif. . I - "That wretched Old'father of here .
• - I "Will you write down thti iiibm of a "A changedman," he interrupted ;
1 soul.?'' beseid; raising his eyes:,. '
- "kinder and better in every way, but fail
" The value of a soul 1 How s ould I ingeerapidly under the shock."
know the value of a soul ?", : - "Failing ?" echoed the lady, turning
hi"Oh, don't you ?" returned t ' i clerk, , v_eri, pale and trembling very much.—
with his eyes doggedly cast do 'n. "I :Then without another word she turned
a ran
g thought you must, because you old one hout of the rem.'
of just, now—your daughter's." I , Night had fallen , again, and the old
f
sb- • Flint started forward as if e !would man was lying on his, soTa in the little
sed have struck him ; but he rests ned him• hack room, with Jacob sitting silently
0-„: self, and cried in a threatening nice : near him, whet\ the- door opened;and
rle' "Jacob Sterling, if you area out, don't :three persons came In. 'They were Mrs.
..?•niy, make it so plain, or yonwi get into. Ire.twardoi tall
young man, and a female,
Pug. trouble. Now, go to bed, yo beggar ! figure closely veiled.: , -
nine Be oft, d'ye hear ?" e "Xi... Flint," began the lady, sharply,
able. Jacob made no reply; bidwent ;slowly "yoh are, not the mean, covetous, hard
1
rune, away, looking more carewor and depres- ol&man you were. are you ?',
Per- sad than ever. And Mr. Fl nt, standing . "No," answered Flint, humbly...' .
before the fire, with- an xpression of "And pin would; be lkinder to your,
doubt and satisfaction,. st gely Mixed, daughter if you hhd 'her back again,
roak-- upon his features, fell intotreveriee woe'd 'you ?" ! i'
,a
,is 1
to- A week, rolled on arid one morning ‘9Ces. Bute God( forgive me, it is too
' i l e
o old Roger Flint entered his. / office, and iu late totalk•of that .
,I
,
tone's which he vainly en savored to ren- "'then, there r she cried, chocking and
_chair,: 'tier as harsh anti sietn a usual. said : gatiping in her emotion e"take her."
'Your ' Jaeoh,'have yau seen .fe, me thsa; morn- "And, with a loud cry; the veiled
lug ?"- , • ' I • fig' fell at the old man's side and took
"No," he answered. I t ~ hiS head to her - breast. -
"Then," exclaimed Flint, suddenly 'Alv child;" he cried„ weeping bitterly,
.
breaking down,"she has left us—for "my little child!" - ~ s
what ? Jacob I Jaw! See. here is a - :7A dream. dear :father„' sobbed the
note which ,lie loft up n the table I f Read girl ; "all a terrible dream, it seems. e
' . • ! - `: - I Forgive me forleaviug you." ,
Witheit -shaking bend, Jacob took it, j•Tell him," said the tall young man,
, . ,
snd' reatfie, , , _ e l :, ',', 7 et:ion:ally. ,
"My dear, dear fat ably . i l ea? to, ‘'lesteii, yotr had, old. Creature," :said
me now that I have eft you—etry, oh, try -Ate. Heyward, twisting her dear little
to believe that I a -, kot so sinful, as- I ;1 . be into all sorts or shap6 to keep from
/
seem .l Try to tbi k that 1 atroye hard ' tag, too. "One night, I name here
—indeed 1 did—te. bey yatr,wiehes, hut found *your daughter nearly distract
had not strength tt l do it. •Oh ;:my -dear; because , you were hent •on marrying
I
est i now that by y own' weaknessand to that hideous old 'crow friend of
wickedness I hays' aet a gulf hetyrpen`na, stours. When "I knew that it was for his
perhaps never to ibe crossed,,l ibeg e aid' bury, I was sure hat •yon would never ,
pray you to shake off that fearful love of 'itifte...n to any entreaty. he coilld make.—
gain which hue' made us both so wretch.e, ItEvas - tntid, I raved and stormed awful,
ed, and be you own good, gentle self: and then`wekt honie and told my old" boy
again. Be kinder to Jacob—poor 'Jacob! all shout it." --,...., , 4
--ft r I love . him, father; and , forgive, tiler old boy, Otherwise the tall young
oh, forgive your child." '.. ; , . iipari nodded admirably. •
The two men stood
.sturing; at each i "fasked him if hot/tilt ...could be done
other, what a fearful thought baretug 40_, to save her trOm the misery -which you
their, eyes, fora long, breathlestnioment; 'Were driving her. '"Let her elope," said
Then, as if lie had dashed it aside iitl he, in his dear stuff d. Way; "let her:leave
his cleuched bands, the depressed,shrink .: be old rascal, ante if he loves his childiii.
mg air was "gone from - Jacob ; all th '4 o , st men, howevei, hardened, do, he will
was manly mid noble in him came uP) - .J . I', relent.' And so we planned between sus
most in. his 'strong-sorrow,. and"tie, wh::_ , i t ow it should 'be done..l persuaded her
patient drudge be had always lk.eti,' 004 to meet him, unknown to you, and at_lest
ered before his dilatieg eye, i ; - •---4 she, consented. My husband," laying her
“Wretell 1" he ahouted, "see What ye . hand proudly on qis, arm, "whom you
accursed tnoneY has done for yun. -- - -y have never seen, was the man she ran
would, have .made yoUr datighter's,lita4 k, way with, and eoar; home was her aiii-,
hell for it ! You would have;oyetreifili turn. She pined kir,: the father who was
soul and ho4y, to a thing. it: 045 not deserving of her love; she pined 'for
times mor degraded, than a heistior i (he home that had! never been -a happy
Are you tided ?" ..i_. :',e. :',e.„-t e ' One, and--‘-and"—lliere the little creature.
"I"mew t it forlter good—indeedlar soboed and laughed - together—Awe- have
groaned Ant. - brought her back to you, this bright and
"Obi tang, man I *hat are you nov?.. Merry Christmas'day, ! and newer, never
Old, done in the world, Standing)iiSrour Wrong her sciagaiq: e .'
grave, huted . and despised' by all you* I- 'When sho had I „finished, Roger Flint
Sind 12 '-NO' l w, go, to your Money And seek slowly rose and deliberately turning aboiit
coueolatiort in 4t if you cag, Prostrate! Pummeled his pillow until he was ont . of
yourself Vlore it ; will it bring her back breath. "There ? "' he said, beaming all,
to you,or to me, who loied her foOtprints over,"" lies old- Roger- •Flint, that "ahem
on that dirty floor Mote thou.:lou loved log old miser, dealffaa a door nail. : 'And
her soul ? Fay to it, Imp to it; will bete l " tapping hituself, "Is the new Bog
'
nt's sake, I was
, what little sum
togive ber,”, he
itStixtd by the flight 'thottgh 'thee Heavens.*Ur :
!> i
it Made het what she ? Oh, poor,
ill-nted girl I" '
- So crying out as it his eart were bro
ken. be sank into a chair Ud burst into
'or 'a long, while the
silent, with a bewilderee,
their he startel to -the
as he was.
'rWhere are yon goi
detitining him. .
•/i am gmag to tin(
brokenly. - "I am, p
back, and try, 'thrao"
my ) worthless life, to
/ have done 'her.
with me ?" - • ;
'or many days
dead at two strati/
encountered in the
• I,
ter this, people won.
le: 'figur es whom they
etreets--4 huggared;
b,
r Flini, who,
• with GOd's help,' will' be
bider !and abetter Mau:" Then„ how
aughe4l,. such, laughi,,as. hadn't come
: .
jut of gist dry thrnaton years.. How he ,
. agge4 'them a:l l ,iiyei even', thelall yonn*
Fnan hiniself ? How, he made a perfett,
ulltdervish of himself 'about the room, !
"Ja6ob," he &iikl,' stolipiug buddeni,
)",'l.owel you a great- debt, accumulated
.in
aongiars of harshness and cruelty: I'm
going o pay that',debt,'JscOb, every. pent.:
py 'of • t, - And here—rleading - -forward
1
;his blushing daughter:—"is -the -first -in'.!.
stallinit.” Thep turning; to.the others.
the continued :, '.....1" have worn *spectacles,
Imade,Of the lowest litibsians. of my heiri,
laii'my,ilife; They
.haveti Ended. me lola
!the gond'and gentle titlikkb,Of ,w,hich thii3
prorld, l iafull. - But they are gone, - bro , -' :
Oita, c4st aside - foieyer, abed . oh !- -iial
ffriendb, I am 11' happy old man.!''
1 So. ad sorruw Ole power 4.4 . 1 kl.
resair
I;
Ittiose ob,ler things; 'buried tinder many
limievent yearrythil make th em like again.
;*l - liad 'burrow the 'power t 4 lay thelirit
pbroad Stone of a clear wide road to. beim . -
en.--r 'oak's Sundui Times - - ' '
. .
, -••-, , . ,
old man stood
lack in his face,
wir, bareheaded
r'i asked Jacob,
1 1. my; girl," be-said
mg. tu bring; her
all• the.' years of
tone fur the wrong
acob, will you. go
The Boothlhek?s ,Story.,
. a 44444 he"wsheys and beet,-
had . colleeto ioti the Cuitom
sieirs y9steri.lay;.sod ..when, each
d grown tired: of. jaw-oreakers sad
Ira band, "Lstile lioglNii" iewurk.
t
Wh
black:
Hone
one h:
P 0 1) - c
ed
"'S oxen Jim CocOnut tells a.story.'?.
. "'SPosen" remarked all \ the. others;
•"W ell, gentlemen," remarked Jim,after
a few igs at ; his head, "I'll tell :you a
true sory 'about a girt. Her name , was
name i was Marier, andshe had yellar hair,
blue eyes, small feet; and slie was - worth
a million dollars."
".la,stanips e asked icrosaeyed Dick.
"In! clean - cash, right in the 'savings .
bank," answered Jim. "This gaFwas an
orphan, with ao one to bass her' aroand,
'and if . she wanted to be out till. eleven
o'Clock at night; she could. There Were
piles of. fellers after her,
'ca
boodle,"
marry her, bat
she attick.up . her nose at the whole
.•• • •
"What fur?" anxiously inqiured Fire
Cracker. Tom. •
"What. fur ? Why, she knew they loied
her money instead of herself.. She want
led some one, to. love .herearnestly,:and
like gosh. Well; one' day *hen she Wits
going down to the Toet - office' to . see if
there , was any mail, a run. :away 'horie
came along.. Maier'fainted' away . . an'tl
sat down .in the - middle 'of the roa d, acid
she'd have. been broken all to pieces if: it
had.n't'been 'for iboOtblack 'bout my Si
fle' pulled here into a "Shooting gaiter*,
..brought her to - , .hired a htill omnibus and
took her home." . - •
"And they fell-in love and were finally
married,"( remarked suspender Johnson,
"No, _my
. fellow countrymen," sadly
replied Jim ; "she gin him ui:deritit."
• Ada is that. all ?". asked three or.tottr
voices. : •
`'All she gave him and. that. turned out
to be counterfeit." •
There:Was along period of-silence, and
then Coconut Jim continued : -
"Which is a lesson to ua never', to mar
ry a girt worth a million dollars."
"And we never shall," they Solemnly
replied. - •
Votruo to ll!milt'
°IIe is a second hand.:clothier,und holds
forth in South St. Joseph. It was about
the hour of ten yesterday morning when
he reeled into an adjoining establishment,
fell into a chair, weaved his hand into
the tangled locks of his gray •hairr and
'rocking back and forth, moaned out :
'.oh !dear, Loh ! dear, I ish 'ruined.",
"Vat is der matter, Jacob," asks his
sympathizing brother in the trade, bend
"ing Oyer him.
"You rem-tuber dat coat vat .Lpaid
six bits for on yesterday ?" 45t
;- 4 Yea r l remeniber him." •
"Just.,now - a man -from the country
comes in and asks how much for dat....4 I
tells him dree dollars; , and would yOu
'believe it, Moses, he 2 puts his hand right
iti to. his pocket and pays .de full price
'without a.word,—' - Here be lowered,lllB
voice to the lowest whisper--"so help me
gracious, Moses e t believe • he'd paid Me
,tive dollars, just the same." ."
".Tacob, bow you vos your
- • "Dat vos vot makes me hate mine self
so much as never - Vas."'
And, the old man limped back into his
own establishment, and doubted all his
goods at Um call. • '
Got to Have 1
Yesterday noon a Detroit citizen 'of
mature years and kindly heart 'caught a
boy in tile. act of stealing somepeaunts at
a street stand, and he reproachhilly
said r:.. ,
"Boy, do yvu know what becomes 'of
thieves ?"
"Sometimes the police catches 'em,
and sometimes they they gits away!' :re
plied the boy. ' , =
"Well don't you know that a boy Who
steals peanuts 'will never - go to 11E4av-
"I_ guess they won't," replied the- hoy
after u little 'relle,ction, "but when!. gitd
hungry after peanuts they has to , come,
unless they are spiked down. 1'
Peace bath Uer Triumph..
,
A Detroiter .rushing down Gris Wold
street, ran agacnst a man and knocked
him over. •'rho +Victim leaped up, and,
:hiking at the other said
Oillltat did, you 'push me over for?"
. "Dotet, pin talk -that way_ to me 1"
roared thefirut, man, - striking hack.
knock'your head-off !"
"You can't dclt,!"
"I can whip'yon blio,d
, 'You canst.lick a flea I'
- At this juocture a third man apixtftred,
anti knowing. theta both, be said :
"Here, stop this! liers;4l
going down the street Co avoid a doctor's
colledtor..*hild you, - Mr. Dash, are go
ini utt the stxeet to' get away frpm a
taor "Then I beg your pardon'," sold Mr
Blank. - -";
'lllea 1 bet yoars,"4aid Air. Dash.
Then they shook hands, and iihite
xobed, Peace sang her song of 'soy, ,
Wyandotto :saidto - ouch busy'
rue that peop4 date, their letbats X 6.
TERMS:--Two Dollars - Per Year in Ad oe.,
igto ! ilt gctat.tio,
504iffl)AL-MON3ET,S.
Do you hear the seandallnongeis: - •
• • ‘ - Parishig by,
Breathing poison in a whisper,
Moving nangnualy and blow;
Smiling sweetly as they go;,: ,( ,
Never smoothly*) a snake
' Slipping hero and slipping there,
Through the meadow fresh.and. fair,
Leaiing- subtle sidle, and poison, In.
,their
Saw you sot the seandal-monger T C;
1 Ail site. sat;
Beaming brightly 'neatly the. woof
In kir hat ;
In her dainty gloves knd drc:ss,': -
Anget-like and nothing - lets "
Seemed ebe--easting stalks and pleasing
words about.
One() stir shrugged and shook her head, /
Raised her eyes and nothing Said .
When you spoke of friends, and yet it left a
doubt. . -
Did you hear the scandal monger
At the ball, - •
Through the male, rhythm, beluty,'
p ' , Light and all?
Moving here and moving there,
Witte it whisper light as air, - -
Casting shad6ws on a sister woman's tame
- Just a whisper, word, or glance—
As she floated through the dance ;
And the world is busy with a spotless name.
You will find the scandal-mongers
1 . Everywhere
Scimetimes men, but often women, ,
Young and:fair,
r Yi3t their tongues drop foulest slime,
And they spend their leisure thfie
Casting- mud on those who climb by work
and worth..
Shun them, shun them as you go—
shun them, whether high or iota
They are but the cursed serperita of the earth'
THE RICK , AND THE POOR.
Christmas as it is in this Brows Stwie .Froni and
. • in the Howl.
CHRISTMAS 131 A BROWN.-ITOEZ FRONT;
' Rich people are never so much'reverenced as
at Christmas time. Then alt of who can
not live in brown ,stone fronts . boli down be
fore thd. brown stone element. Humanity
thirsts(ir comfort , as the pores'of a sponge for
water.: The good,the beautiful and true are all
very well, but What the average man prelers is
the luxurious, and; the luxurious Is represented
by the brown stone front..
Tho Christmas Of the rich 13 a solid fairy
land which our Senses tell. us exists, though
not perhaps for ua The dog ussimom tomiso
ity in him than we have, for the dog hangs ov
er Lazarus, while ;our eyes are given to Dives.
Rags are inviting' in pictures, but purple and
fine linen will sle tor 'every 'day. And so we
dream of dainty saloons dedicated to graceful
games , and embellishmuits of holly and ever
green. Nothing implement shell enter the
voluptuous and bitioeent little heaven, with its
firmation of gas je.lB, its floor wadded with car-
pets softer than clover, its delicate curtains; its
brilliant tapestries, its Man:dusted' Christmas
tree aflame like the burning bush, its music and
laughter and dancing, its warmth, its fervor, its
repartees and its ;flirtations. This is the kind
of Christmas fourid by the hundred in all large
cities. Its antithesis is found by 'the thousands
a little way in . thel back ground. '
il i
What are the ecomponents of this ique bit
of actual happiness. Have we reached it when
we mention the i_ sentiment of Laurie ? No.—
Family affection ? No. Good . healt good
humor, good Spirits ? , No. ' All tbese,lidoubt
less, have something to do with It, but by no
means everything. What then ,t We knOW
our carnal minded,reader will not.dissent when
we reply7plenty of money. Tho' sentiment of
home and family !affection, exquisite attributes
both. Let It not for one moment be Imagined
that we wish to decry them. All that we claim
is that you cannot erect upon them and them
alone such a Christmas celebration as shall sat
isfy the average man and woman. To do this
you must hive plenty of money,and then we
get the Christmas of the the brownstone front
teeming with the rarest elaborations of the
publisher and toy maker all the world over,
and sending forth such an Income .as must
makaKriss Hringle feel be JAI notellyed in
vain.
All this is perfectly compatible , with . a great
deal of honest epjoyment lunar* people of
limited means, but • the elements of which the
average Christmas is com Posed ate so well and
so generally understood :that It is unnecessary
to refer to themat great length here. r it is the
extremes which, by contrasting with, explain
each other.
The holiday chlarooscaro is always exceed
ingly picturesque. We 'have seen the, lights—
let us not forget the shadows. These sad lines
and gloomy streaks in the wondrous etching
with which the year presents us at int holiday .
close, shall we not regard them ton ? The Kis
on, the hospital, the, insane asylum, the - litmso
of rellige,the home for the fallen—ean we cease
to remember that such things are, and that
they must also have & certain tinge of Christ
mas I At our own tables 'We eat and:drink In ' 1
comtortable security. Outside are the home
less,tbe friendless and the, outcast. -po we flat
ter ourselves that we have won our comfort by
our deserts, and that between-us and our less.
happy brethren is the same distinction .as be- .
tweed those who; spiritually gloating, sit self
crowned in the New Jerusalem and them that
tap dishearted at the gates of pearl in vain Y
And then this labyrinth of wretched homes, of
teeming tenement houses: that, forms so bleak
and dismele. background. -,- ' ,
1 I
. It would , be. interesting to hear • upon what
principles the rich man defends the boundleis
appetite he ha& for the sorrows nail necessities
of the people who occupy the block of tene
ment houses lie owns. The very poor certairi
ly have no Christmas joys worth mentioning.
They tarnish the somber threads to the gobe
lin tapestry of life, bringing into relief the hill-
Bent colors:.. Doubtless , much Nei been dime
for the Poo. , this Christmas, mt Much is done
every Christmas. But the feet...remains that
the vast majority of the wealthy, and those
with ctomfortathle means, do little, la tht, Al.
rectiou in comparison witherbat they could ao
and one Of:The worst Signs -4 social d°gelter'
cy would be - to' ignore' altogether the humane
sentiments naturally ' esoodltegt'with such an
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NUIGER 52
' . 1:11.E FRUITS OF GOOD . WORE.
AVont a year ago the ladles of the Dorms
Soda:, at our &arch made up a large quart- 1
ty of shirts, trowsers, and Socks. and boxed
hem up and sent them to a missionary station
on the west coast of Akin.. man named
Ridley ivent out with the boxes and stayed In
Africa several montlut. When here turned the
Dorcas t3ociety, of course, was anxious to heir
how' its donation was received, and Ridley, one
f retting, met the members and told them about
lit In a little speech. He said : •
"Well,. you know, we got the clothes out
there sU right, and after a while we distributed
them among same of the natives in the neigh
-1 orhood We thought maybe it would attract
them to the mission, but it didn't, aid after
Berne Ihne elapsed, and not a native came to
church with those clothes on, I went out on an
cipltning expedition to find out about it. It
seemi'that on the drift day after the goods ware
distributed one of the chiefs attempted to
rnountq. shirt. He didn't exactly understand
and b e pushed his legs through the arms and
gathered the' tail up around the waist: He .
couldn't make, It stay up, however, and they
say ho went around inquiring in his - native
tongue what kind of an idiot it was that con-
tructed a garm gut that wouldn't hang on and
F. wearing some of the mostawfal heathen oaths.
At last he let it drag, and that night he got his
legs tangled in it semehow,and fell over a prec
ipice and was killed.
"Another chief who got one on properly
Went pfuldling aruund in the dark,and the peo
ple, imagining that he was a ghost, Sacrificed
roar babies to the idol to keep oLT the !evil
spirit.
"And then, yOu know, those trowsers you
sent out ? Weli, they fitted one pair Mn the
idol, and then they stuffed most of the rest
with leaves, and set them up as a new tangled
kindof idols, and began to Worship them.—
They sity that the services were very impres
sive. Some of the women split a few pairs In
half, and after sewing up the legs used them to•
carry yams in, and I saw one chief with a cot
duroy leg on 4ais head as t, kind of helmet.
"I think, though, the socks were most. popu-
ler. All the fighting men went for them the
first thing. They filled them with sand and
used thorn as boonierings and war clubs. I
learned that they Were so much pleased with
the efficiency of those socks, that they made a
raid on a neighboring tribe on purpose to try
them, and they say that they knocked about
eighty, women and children on the head before
they came home. They asked ma, V I woulda't
speak to'you and get you to send out a fey
biurels more, to make them , a little stronger,
and I Said I would.
"This society's doing a power of good to
thoso'heathen, and I've no doubt Myatt kelp
right tdong with the work, you will Inanimate
a general war all over the continent of Africa,
and giVe everybody an idol , of his own. All
they want is enough socks and pants, I'll take
them leball I-go out again. "• •
Their the Dorcas passed a resolution desir
ing that It would, perhaps, be -better to let the
heathen go naked and give the clothes t•
poor at houie, and I think it preferable—ilai
Adkr.
NOW. TO GET ALONG.
Pay of you go.
Never fool fu business nialtels.
Do not kick every one.in yoar path.
Learn to think and act for yourseit
Koep ahead rather than behind the ik es.
Don't !stop to tell stories in business hour,
Have order, system and regularity and slim
prompinms.
Do' not meddle with btuilnese you kn
nothing of
Use your own brains rather than theioot
others.
A. man of honor Finsets his word* as
does hi, bond.
No matt can.get rich by sitting around store
and saloons.
If pop have a place of Lustiness * be
,Ibianit
there when wanted.
More miles can be made in one day by going
steadily than by stopping.
Hem, others when you can, but rever giro
what you cannot, don] because It is lasi:dour
ble. -
Learn to say No. No necessity of mapping
it out dog faabion,but say it firmly : and respect-
TREATMENT OF WOMEN.
In an article on the "Treatment of Woma
the 'Washington Capital. edited by Don Platt,
uses the following vigorous and pertinent lan
gouge
"Of, a piece - with this brutality is the fact
that when a poor girl is driven by poverty or '
, impelld by genius into a pursuit rather out of
the past usages of our soCial life, such as an
office or a profession, she immediately becomes
common property, and her name Is open to the
moat flippant use in' the newspapers. This Is
very mean.. This elevates the Amerjon char
acter and almoit fetolics it to a level with Um
blanket Indian, who, making his.wl4 stout
more, '4.
of burtren, would kick herluto aliving
activity, did ho possess our civilised bo ots, In
stead. of 'moccasins, that do
,not protect Itla
lordly. toes, We never see irieshffilt of this •',
cowardly conduct that' we are not Impelled to
say, 'That fellow has a•mother be does not love
and elvilb he cannot respect, Mr a little masc.
Lion would teach him that In the vicissitudes cd,
our uncertala life those deper.dant upon hint .'
may be driven by necessity to the very lsbor:
he considers open to sneers and abuse •
PUT RIM DOWN.
• ,
There i 3 a Waling of jealouly that seems to
be innate in some natures. There are maw
persons who can neither look with pleasure nor •
approbation on the successful accomplishments
of their neighbors, and if by hottest worth one
'struggles to achieve an unblemished reputation
there are hundreds. ever 'anxious and ready to
pies ilawa both in his personal character and
business relations, their motsvenbeing prompt
ed by no reasonable prejudice, but rather im•
relied by their "nominate. ieldshnesis and envy.
If a young . man just starting In file,with buoy
ant hopes and laudable ambition, struggles to
'assort Hs mental and moral supremacy, there
Is often a strong feeling created against him,
and manyjealoufly. exclaim, 4 Tut him down,"
Sell born in tower eiallte had no right to rise
above the level In which he was crested.— •
Would it not in the brotherhood of min i seem
more like Christian charity, tc' aid and talCOUr'
age the soul that struggies..ip enlarge and help
itself •
What k evprybody doing at the IMMO 41210 ?
Growing old.
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